Review: “The
Rise of Peter Troy: Volume One” by Joseph DiBartolo
Joseph
DiBartolo’s novella, THE RISE OF PETER TROY VOL 1: THE DECAYED ONES, explodes
out of the gate like a race horse and doesn’t stop until it reaches the finish
line. In the interest of full disclosure, I have yet to read the other volumes
in the Peter Troy series. But Volume One seems to serve as the catalyst, a
setup for something much, much bigger.
Peter
Troy, the eponymous hero of this short novel, is an instantly likable and
relatable character. He’s got legal problems, a mountain of debt, and he’s
incapable of getting his life together…that is until the rest of the world
starts to fall apart around him.
Peter,
an ex-butcher who is infatuated with zombies, has been training for this moment
his whole life without even realizing it. And he certainly isn’t going down
without a fight. And his vast, encyclopedic knowledge of zombies is just one of
the many weapons he possesses.
Along
his bizarre new journey, Peter encounters both the dead and the living. It
doesn’t take long for Peter to form new alliances in his fight for survival.
But these survivors aren’t just talkers, they’re doers, they’re fighters. They
don’t sit around for hours, waiting or discussing their next move. The story
moves at a brisk pace.
Author
Joseph DiBartolo also puts an extra added twist on the zombie genre with this
story. Your level of intelligence determines the type of zombie you come back as:
Slow and witless, or fast and cunning. Some of the zombies are smarter and
faster, while others roam aimlessly like mindless beasts out of a George A.
Romero film. This creates a whole new threat for Peter and his motley crew of
survivors.
THE RISE
OF PETER TROY is a worthy addition to the zombie genre, with a protagonist you
can easily root for. The series is available through Amazon. If you’re a fan of
the ever-growing zombie trend, I suggest giving this first volume a try. You
might enjoy it as much as I did.
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